Slug-casting machine



. 1,617,610, A. .6. sTEvENsoN v SLUG CASTING MACHINE Feb. 15 1927.

Original Filed Jan. 29, 1921A 2 Sheets-Sheet l l A 1,617,610' Feb' 15 1927 A. G. sTEvENsoN SLUG CASTING MACHINE original Filed Jan. 29. 1921. 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented F eb. 15, 1927.

; Y U ire MICE-ii SLUG-ensuite MACHINE.

original application' iiiea Januaryesgwzi, serial No. 441,077. Divided and 'this appiieatioii ined October 27, 1923.

Y My invention relates to improvements in p type slug casting machines, and hasespecial reference to machines which arecommonly .known as linotype or line casting Vma- 5 chines.

In a machine of thiskind, as commonly."

constructed', there is a mold wheel vwhich carries several moldsin which the slugs are cast and which is adapted to be rotated to position the several molds in various positions for the several operations of casting, ejecting, etc. Associated with the mold wheel are means for supporting the usual matrices for castingprinting slugsorwhat is known asa quad block slide holder for casting borders or line printing slugs, etc., or blanks. Y

This present application is a division of my copending application ,Serial Number 141,077,- led January 29,y 1921,--andis directed particularly to the idea of the ree cessed slides in combinationwith the low mold for producing slugs otvarious'heights from those which are equal in height to the thickness ofthe thin mold, I employ, viz,

425 low quads or furniture, tothe ,full height slugs and also tothe means which I have devised for making. it possible. to practically use thelow .or thin mold. in standard linel Ycasting machines 'of the linotype class.

- In the printing art, differentv kinds of printing plates 'are made use of which owing to their method of manufacture havel dit- 'erent thicknesses. For instance, stereotype plates are .159 of an inch in thickness.; zinc plates .065 of an inch thick.

My lnovel low or thin Vmold ispreferably about one eighth of an inch thinner; than the standard thickness mold and by the use of quad block slides recessed, on theirmold cooperating faces to suitable depths7 I am enabled to: produce foundations 'for these various printing plates jon the otherwise standard linotype or line casting machines.

My invention will vbe more readily understood by reference -to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification and in which Figure 1, is a face View of a mold `and wheel, the mold wheel being indioa'tedrin dotted lines; 1

Figure-2, is a vertical section of the mold onthe line 59h-2 of Figure 1 and showing associated parts of the machine;` Y Figures 3 to 5 inclusive, are sectional '-viewsfshowing different slides for use with Y Serial No. 671,133. ,f

the low mold andthe standardslide block; y

and y f Figure 6, is a diagrammatic view illustrat ing the related heights of the several slugs produced. Y

y In the so-called linotype machine a mold wheel 1 isprovided, usuallycarrying four molds, similar to that shown vat,2,on its face, said molds being equally c ircumferen'l tially spaced thereon. Each moldconsists of a base 8 rigidly secured to the Vweb ofthe wheel usually byscrews 4i and a removable cap 5 heldin position` by s'crewsA projecting through the outer partror rim of the mold, wheel. The cap `is adjustable from and toward the base for providing a moldfslot 7 between the base and cap ofdi'erent heights or thicknessesfor producing slugs ofrdifferent thicknesses. The cap is spaced from the base by liners 8 and 9at the'ends ofthe slot7., f f Y Standard line casting .machines as constructed are adapted to cast slugs of full printing height, viz, .918 inches lin height from theprinting face to the baseiofthe slug. lAll but a very small part offsuch total height, viz, .O43 of'an inch Yis'ltormed l' Y inthe mold, the balance of`.043 of an. inch being formed in the matrices.k y i I. purposely make the mold 2 of less depth from front toback than the standard mold preferably byl about one-eighthsof` an inch,

be cast in the mold slotawould be equal'in height to the thickness Vof the mold. ,Such

Alow slugs are especially adapted ,for useas low quads or'type furniture.; This low, quad v.is less than standard printingheightby the reduction of the mold in thickness,.viz, onej eighth of van inch plus vthe depthofthepart of a" printing slug produced in thev matrixV` cavities, viz, .0430i an inch or aboutr one- 'c sixth ofan inch;l Y Between this low quadheightand .the full printing'height I produce quad or printers slug material of any height ;desiredbypro' viding slides, rsimilar to the extrathick'slide 1Q as shown at 14, Figure 4, and 15, Figure -and inorder to cast low quads or type furnip Y ture I provide a blank slide 10 formounting height of l.' `:The A.slider 14 withathe; shallow recess 16 Y' Y I in'co-operation with the low'mold 2 proll 4init between the quad block 11 and the adjacent face of the moldv and I provide the operating ,face othe- Vslide with a recess, as shownV at 16, Figure'cfor at 17, Figure '5, of greater'or less depth depending uponthe slug material wanted.

duces slugs 18ct a height suitable to be used as foundation material for stereotype plates l' Vand the slide 15 with its deeper recess 17 V Vinl cti-operation Y, with the low mold .2 produces slugs'19 of a height suitable Jfor use as foundation material for zinc plates.

In FigureA 6v I have illust-rated diagram-y 1 maticallythegrelation of the severalrdiierf entheights otslugs,the slug 2,0 representing a. -full height orv printing slug.

"It will nowV be understood that 'by use `of extrafthick slides recessedmore or less, or with plane faces, I can produceslugs of yany height desired-from a'lowquad to practito @befrotat'ed to carry calyl a full height slug.

e mold, as already explained, is mounted on a-mold wheeland the wheel is adapted the nmold from the casting position,shown infull'lines in Fign ure 1, to' the slug ejecti-ng position, shown in dotted'` lines, that'is 9OYdegreesVVV to, the right Y from thecasting position. In this position n ofthe-moldan ejector blade 20 is pushed ainto the mold slot -rom `the rear to force thel cast slu'gforwardly'out of the mold. It

requires' considerable presssure to pushrout 'K Y.tli'1,=sli1g, and-to prevent damage tothe mold *wheel and its related parts, the-machine is 'provided with means for sustaining or receiving this thrust. vertically arrangedframe 21 lmounted at itsl Y lower end'on'la cross Y Vthemachine and braced or held atits upper endibyfa cross bar-23 clamped to the frame This comprises a strong bar-.22 forming Vpart of of themachine byV clamping screws`24. This V frame 21 carriesstops orabutments or bankingjpins 25` arranged r4to "contact with the face of a mold of standard thickness, at the 1 ingparts l f are substantially onefeighth of an inch thick Y :and buildup o r reproduce the face of the voriginal,y standard thickness mold at these ends/0f the'mold slot whenr the mold isvin y Y ejecting position,

as'shown in Figure A2. xAsfI have cut awayv thettace oi' the mold substantially oneeighth of an inch below f or back j,-of .standard position, standard thrust stops or banking enc Iprovide plate or -forwardly projecti 26 onV the liners S-and 9, and which positions `and arranged to contact with the v banking pins 25. 1 Y The inner edge Vof the lower part 3 of a 'standard thickness vmold operates upon a suitable stopV mechanism to p regulate the that `is of ,a thickness sufficient to properlyk pins, as they areV known in thel trade, would not reach theVY VVaceozt the mold, and toma-ke up the difteramount of the rotation .of the mold-'wheel and torcause it to stop atv certain predeytermined points.l Iny reducing the thickness .of the mold, `as' This part c the original lower edge for a short 4distance so that4 it properly co-operates with the standard stop mechanism.

As it is obviousthat many modifications Y of my inventionV will` readily suggest them? selves to one skilled yin the art,fI do not limit 1 or confine my invention to the speciic details of construction herein shown and described.k

Iclaim: f 1. In a machine of the kind described, a

mold lower than a standard'mold, a quad block arranged in front ofthe mold and positioned, therefromfartherthan usual by substantially the reduction in'heightkof the mold below standard, a slide associated with the quad block adapted tov fill in between the block and the face of the mold, said slide'havinga mold depressionpin its vface adapted tocextendthemold cavity forward and to cast a slug'of less than :tull height and higher than the height of a mold. i L

2. Ina machine of the kind described, a mold lower than the standard mold, a quad vblock arranged in front of the mold and c positioned theretrom farther.v than usual by Y Y substantially the reduction of the mold V.in

height 'belowL standard, afquad' slide/carried'by the block and of. athickness to'flll in between the block and the mold, said slide having a depression in its moldface for eX-` f 'i y l tendingthe mold cavity forward,- and` forwardly extending projections on the mold face at the endsof the mold slot equal in depth to the reduction of the mold in height for co-coperation withthe standard'banking pins when the mold is positioned for ejecting the slug. Y V' 3. In a machine of the kind described,'a moldrwhich is lower lthan the standard mold in height, a quad block arranged in 4its Y Vstandard position in iront ofthe mold, its

mold-opposing face spaced l from the face of the vmold 'farther than usual by an amount below standard, a quad slide carried bythe block and of al thicknesstoill infbetween the block and the mold and providedin its face with a depression for carryingthe mold cavityio'rward, blocks on thefmol'd aceat the lends of the mold vslot thick enough to contact with the standard bankingv 'pins `whenthe mold is positionedfor ejecting vequal to the reduction oi' the-mold in height Y the slug, and a projection on the inner edge rof the base of the low mold for cof-operation with the standard mold stop mechanism.`

4:. In a machine'of the kind described, a mold lower than the standard mold, a quad block arranged in front of the mold'and.

positioned therefrom substantially the distance of the reduction of the mold in height below the standard, a quad slide carried by the block and of a thickness to lill in between the block and the mold, said slide having a depression in its mold face for extending the mold cavity forward, liners between the base and the cap of the mold and projections on the forward edges ofthe liners adapted for co-operation with the a series of slides interchangeably mountable onV the block, each slide being adapted to close thefslot of the rnold, and said series having recesses of different depths for producing,l in co-operation with the niold, a series of slugs or bases of like dierent heights, and all thereof intermediate in height between the low mold thickness and full printing height.

6. In a machineof the kind described, a slug mold of less than standard thickness and a standard -quad block in combination with a slide bar for mounting on the block and thick enough to ret-ain theV Inold andA quad block in standard relative positionsr when the machine operates to close the mold and a rrecess in the slide of a depth less than the thickness ofthe slide for extending theV mold cavity forward to produce printers slug material of greater height Vthan the l thickness of the mold. I Y

Signed at lVashington, District of Columbia, this 27th day of October, 1923. 1

uASHTOY Gr. STEVENSON. 

